The SS of Treblinka

Ian Baxter

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2010
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780750979900
• Subtopic: Holocaust History
• Index: History

The story of the SS of Treblinka is a highly compelling one. This book provides vivid descriptions of events in the camp from the point of view of the men that witnessed them. Using interviews, personal letters, and unpublished diaries, some supplied by historian Marcin Zborska in Warsaw and published for the first time, Ian Baxter gives a fascinating insight into the camp that saw the murder of some 800,000 Jews. The book paints a chilling picture of the staff at Treblinka, showing the SS-men during breaks from their murderous activities, relaxing in their barracks, or visiting the camp zoo with their families. Diary extracts will allow a reader inside the heads of these men who, in some cases felt themselves fortunate to be posted at Treblinka. The inner working of the camp are exposed here in unprecedented detail—from the techniques of mass murder to the bizarre rituals that developed within the camp.

Table of contents

• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Glossary and Abbreviations
• Preface
• The Author
• Introduction
• Chapter I: Plans for Genocide
• Chapter II: Under the Command of Dr Eberl (phase one)
• Chapter III: Under the Command of Franz Stangl (phase two)
• Chapter IV: ‘Obermajdan’ Treblinka (phase three)
• Chapter V: End of Treblinka (phase four)
• Epilogue
• Appendix I: List of SS Commandants, Officers and Guards
• Appendix II: SS Personnel who served in Aktion Reinhard Death Camps
• Appendix III: Deportations to Treblinka from the General Government and Bialystok General District
• Appendix IV: List of Camps
• Appendix V: List of Ukrainian Guards
• Appendix VI: Operation Reinhard Death Camps and the Estimated Death Toll
• Appendix VII: Rank Equivalents
• Bibliography
• Endnotes
• Picture Section